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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (191380)	6/22/2004 2:39:53 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576686

But North Korea's reaction is hard to read. The Korea Central News Agency has yet to cover the kidnapping story. Among the news stories getting more coverage on the state-controlled Web site: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's gift of a floral basket to dictator Kim Jong Il. Strange. I thought that was typical of NK. Remember the train wreck......I think it was days before they mentioned it to the NK people. ted

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (191380)	6/22/2004 4:34:01 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576686

Slain South Korean Spoke Arabic, Was Devout Christian Tue Jun 22, 2004 03:59 PM ET (Page 1 of 2) By Martin Nesirky SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) - On Monday, Kim Sun-il stood gesticulating as he shouted desperately at the camera, "I don't want to die." On Wednesday, the Arabic interpreter and devout Christian who dreamed of missionary work in the Arab world knelt silently and impassively before his Muslim militant captors beheaded him. The scenes from videotapes aired on Arabic television station Al Jazeera were broadcast repeatedly on South Korean television, sending a chill through many people who already had reservations about the government's plan to send troops to Iraq. The militants had demanded South Korea withdraw 670 military medics and engineers already in Iraq and drop plans to send 3,000 more troops to help rebuild the country. South Korea rejected the demand and reiterated after news of Kim's death the deployment would go ahead. The seventh of eight children, Kim had been working in Iraq as an interpreter for the past year. As a Christian, he mixed that work with evangelizing, media reports say. "Don't worry about me, Mom. I feel comfortable," Kim told his mother when she asked about the danger he faced in Iraq during their last telephone conversation in April. Kim was born in September 1970 and graduated with a degree in Arabic from South Korea's top language school, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, in February 2003. Kim first studied English at a college that is now Youngsan University, graduating with a diploma in 1992, officials say. He then majored in theology at Kyungsung University, again in his hometown of Pusan, earning a degree in February 1994. "He is introverted, kindhearted and studies hard," his mother said on YTN television before his death was announced. She and her husband said their son "lived with no greed." PLANNED RETURN Continued ... reuters.com